photos {charleston}

the last batch from charleston...

love the marina full of boats - just a awesome sight.

we couldn't resist stopping at krispy kreme when we saw the "hot now" light on.
flags flying over fort sumter.
trademark properties (from the original "flip this house").
matt & spencer walking toward california dreamin' - one of matt's favorite restaurants.

photos {harbor tour}

On our last day in Charleston, we took a harbor tour.

this was our boat...

we saw tons of dolphins - they were beautiful to watch.
plenty of seagull came very close to the boat (hoping for food, i assume).

we passed lots of great sites: USS Yorktown, Fort Sumter, Fort Moultrie, Castle Pickney, The Battery & Rainbow Row...

photos {ghost tour}

one night in charleston, we took a graveyard ghost tour. spencer loved it - asked questions throughout and talked about it a lot afterwards. it was a walking tour and we stopped by houses, hotels, courthouses, churches, etc...all with a ghost story associated. and of course, we got to go into a graveyard.

this is supposedly a haunted alley where duals used to take place.

one of the churches with a ghost story...
the graveyard we were allowed into...

photos {fort sumter}

we didn't actually do the tour of fort sumter, but we did visit the museum and saw the fort from our harbor tour.



some cotton in the museum...
HUGE flag on the wall in the museum...this picture doesn't do its size any justice.

photos {arthur ravenel, jr. bridge}

i much prefer the old bridge, but here are pictures of it's replacement - the arthur ravenel, jr. bridge. i just think it's too modern for such a historical city. we only had to drive across this twice (to and from the uss yorktown).

these were taken from the aquarium, of spencer with the bridge in the background.


taken from the harbor tour - this is about half the bridge.

photos {uss yorktown}

matt is a history buff, so we couldn't go to charleston without a trip to the battleship - uss yorktown. unfortunately, this took way longer than i expected. matt & spencer seemed to enjoy themselves but after a few hours, i was bored :) there were so many steps (tiny, steep steps) and it all kind of looked the same (can you tell who isn't the history buff in the family???).

matt & i with the battleship in the background.

matt & spencer by the cannon
matt & spencer checking out a helicopter on the deck of the battleship.
the walkway to the battleship is lined with american flags - very cool.
the whole thing (though this doesn't capture the submarine and other boats off to the side that you also get to tour).

photos {charleston sights}

One of the truly awesome parts of Charleston is all of the gorgeous architecture that has come about through the many years of history. Though we didn’t do any tours specific to this, we did get to see plenty of beautiful buildings in our other activities.

United States Custom House



Daughters of the Confederacy

Rainbow Row - taken from the Harbor Tour

A house I just loved :)
Beautiful old church

more charleston photos here.

photos {south carolina aquarium}

over spring break, we went to charleston for a few days. the one thing spencer was most excited about was visiting the south carolina aquarium. he'd been to the ripley's aquarium in myrtle beach a few times, but this was our first visit here. it has a good reputation and we weren't disappointed. everything is native to south carolina waters!

check out the gator...he's looking at you!

this is the portrait they took as we entered the aquarium (the background is fake...shhhh).

look at the awesome colors - isn't nature impressive?

i LOVE this picture because you can see the diver in the background which puts into perspective just how huge that turtle is!

at the touch tank, spencer was able to hold a horseshoe crab while it was being fed.

more pictures at my flickr account.

{365 challenge}

i edited a few more of these...almost through march now (sad, i know). more here at flickr.

{365 challenge}

i added a couple of photos to my 365 challenge collection at flickr - they are from march. i'm very behind in my editing.